And Sakshi Malik to get richer by at least Rs 2.5 crore after winning bronze medal at Rio 2016 Olympics

It’s really great to recognize and applaud all this great players for their achievements by showering prizes worth crores of rupees. But it looks like that we have been carried away with every international event now and even in past.

All the money promised by all the State and Central Governments, must be pooled into a Olympic fund to provide resources & train athletes for TOKYO 2020, with a targeted performance improvement to win medals. Let us get one of the IIM guys to lead manage this process. We need to use funds for development of all sports and not in just appraising individual achievements. Physical, Mental and Technical improvements are necessary with world class coaching and facilities to monitor and improve performance.

Each and every city of India should have better sports facilities. Grass roots improvement is necessary at school level. School is where we start increase targeted funding depending on school athletes performance and sports scholarships to go to schools with better facilities to train & coach. A clear path to attain high standards is necessary.